Let's Celebrate

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm still trying to make a dent in my NBUS pile.

This time, I've finally opened up a paper collection

that I bought a couple years ago from Photo Scraps store. Sadly,

they closed their brick-and-mortar store, but Tracy still has an 

online shop that you can order custom papers from!  I cut into

one of the 12" x 12" papers for this card:

The heartbeat lines with the word 'wine' in it just cracks me up!

Here's the inside:

I've used the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts for my card,

and since I've finally cut into some new paper, I'll enter

this at Seize the Birthday also.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Free Spirits; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Photo Scraps - Wine Lovers Collection

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Paper Smooches - Drink Glasses die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Another year older?

 Hello friends and welcome!

I've been doing some organizing in my

craft room the last week or so.

Rearranging, dusting (cough!),

and putting things away.

I recently ordered some paper trays for my

cardstock, and now it's all neatly stored

in rainbow order. I just took the time

to assign and label blenders for my inks,

and they are now stored in rainbow order too.

So nerdy, but oh so satisfying!

Anyway, onto the card I'd like to show you:

Mixing old and new items again. The sentiment is an older 

sentiment builder set and the crocodile is from

Paper Smooches. The new item is the fern background stamp,

fresh out of it's packaging finally.

The punch line is on the inside,

which was computer generated then printed out:

Since this card is rather clean and simple for me, I'm entering

it at The Male Room #194.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Ferns Forever Background; Paper Smooches - Zoo Crew; Paper Issues - Ah Real Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Cilantro

CS: Spectrum Noir; TE; Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Word Bubble die; Nuvo - Morning Dew Crystal Drops; MISTI; computer & printer

Adhesives: SA - tape runner & foam squares

I hope your day rocks

Hello and welcome crafty friends! It's been a while since I've blogged about anything. The Christmas rush to get my cards made and sent out was even more hectic because I flew home for 10 days this month. On top of that, I decided to paint a bunch of mandala dotted ornaments to give away as gifts. (That will be an upcoming blog post) I hope that your holidays were as fun filled as mine was! It's been almost 10 years since I was back home for Christmas and it was so fun to see my family, including my newest grandnephew, Henry, who decided to make his debut a couple weeks early!

Well, onto why I'm here. After cleaning up the craftnado that went through my craft room before the holidays, I created this card with a new-to-me die set mixed with older stamps:

Not sure if the millennials out there will understand what this is, but I know my fellow Gen Xers will!

Here's the inside:

I chose to use blue and purple so that I could enter this at the current Color Hues challenge. Since

that cassette tape die has 6 different dies layered together, I'm also entering this at AAA Birthday #68,

and for the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest post. I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Be Boppin and Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Grape Jelly

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: MFT - Cassette Tape die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art glue

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #256 - C is for Critters

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

This month's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is C for Critters!

Here's what I created:

I stenciled the background, it's a set of four, and

I thought, this panel needs a dinosaur. LOL!

I added a snarky sentiment and there ya go!

Everything just paired so well together. 😆

The inside is finished with a simple sentiment:

I hope you find time this month to play along in our Critters challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

If you need more inspiration, simply visit the blogs of my sisters

and our reigning Queen, Helen,

to see what fantastic critter creations they came up with!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Cutasaurus; Taylored Expressions - Snarky Birthday & the Inside Scoop Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal, Northern Pine, Gray Flannel; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Sunny Studio - stitched circle dies & woodgrain EF; Taylored Expressions - Great Outdoors layering stencils; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

You Rock

 Hello and welcome friends!

As I mentioned on this post, I needed to create

another card using the other drum set I die cut.

Ta-Da! Here it is:

For some reason, I felt compelled to use orange on this card.

Gotta say, I'm digging it! LOL!

Since I still had the stamp out, I used the same one on the inside:

I'm happy to have yet another dude card ready. 😊

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

I'd like to enter this at The Paper Players #691

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Knick Knacks; Picket Fence Studios - My man my friend

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Reminisce - Got Ink?/ Bazzill - gold & silver mirror

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Pink & Main - Zig Zag circle die; Sunny Studio - stitched circle die; My Favorite Things - Keep On Rockin' dies; Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots EF; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

Hope your day rocks

 Hello and welcome friends!

I've been rather MIA lately.

Between a vacation, yard work, getting my veggie

garden going, planting flowers, and mostly

just not having any desire to craft,

it's been rather a ghost town here on my blog.

Well, I finally discovered some crafty mojo this

week, and here's one of the cards I made:

This drum set die was picked out of my NBUS pile. I purchased it earlier

this year, and as usual, I'm only getting around to using it now.

It's cut from both gold and silver mirror paper. 

The idea for the background was to make a dark stage with

stage lights pointing down on the drums.

You get it, right??

I used a Tim Holtz rays stencil with Mustard Seed DOX sponged

onto the black panel. I then matted that with more gold mirror paper.

The sentiment is heat embossed in silver.

Mirror paper is SOOOO hard to photograph!

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

Yay, I have another dude card made! Now I just have to

make another card with the other drum set. 😊😊

That's it for now. Thank you for taking time to visit.

It's much appreciated!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #248 - use metallics

NBUS Challenge #62

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - BeBoppin; Picket Fence Studios - My Man, My Friend

Ink: Ranger DOX - Mustard Seed; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Bazzill - gold and silver mirror

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Stampers Anonymous/TH - Rays stencil; MFT - Keep On Rockin' dies; Taylored Expressions - Frayed Edge die; Whispers - Silver EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Beary HB Wishes

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Happy Friday and happy first day of March.

Bring on Spring!!

(Of course, we had sleet mixed with some snow this morning. Sigh.)

To combat the winter blues, here's a

cute critter card:

Love this new bear image stamp! So cute! The sentiment

probably took longest to stamp, as I "Frankensteined" three

different stamps together to create it.

Here's the finished inside:

It's been a minute since I've made a slimline card. I really

should make more of this size. 😊

That's it for this post, but I'll be back in a bit

with another one soon.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Try a Sketch on Tuesday #641

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches/Queen & Co - Forest Family; Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler, Hullabaloo, Chubby Chum Pals

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Recollections - Simply Autumn

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Sunny Studio - slimline border basics dies; Paper Rose - stitched square die; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

I moose wish you a Happy Birthday!

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm back with a cute card that features

this adorable moose:

Squeeee! Just look at how cute he is!!!

He's colored with Spectrum Noir markers, and I used cardstock and some

green/blue papers from an older paper collection to die cut the

grass and one of the trees.

A simple sentiment on the inside finishes my card.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting! I hope you have

a great rest of your day.

I'd like to enter this at Freshly Made Sketches #624

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches/Queen & Co. - Forest Family; Paper Smooches - Digits

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

DP: American Crafts - Color Crush

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Forest Family & Forest dies; Lawn Fawn - Grass Border die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Peace

 Good morning and welcome!

My goal is to make more Christmas cards throughout 

the year, so I've created this pretty one:

Very white on white, sparkly goodness.

(Although the white glittery cardstock used on the three panels

looks more gray than white. Who knew that there were sooo

many different shades of white cardstock?)

You'd think stamping the one-word sentiment would have been

a piece of cake, but no. I found out that my silver ink pad was

dried up. I stamped it in platinum ink, but it had more of a golden

tint than silver. So I stamped over it in gray ink. Much better.

Then, I was afraid it would smudge, so I stamped over it again

in versamark and clear heat embossed it.

(over thinking much?)

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

That's one more holiday card in the books. Yay!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a relaxing day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #639

Shopping Our Stash - Winter Wonderland

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Joyful Greetings

Ink: Brilliance - Platinum Planet; Memento - Gray Flannel; Versamark

DP: Michael's & American Crafts glitter papers

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Paper Smooches - Snowflake dies; Altenew - Angled Mosaic 3D EF; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun;  Recollections - rhinestones; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM; Scor-tape